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I'm an amateur jazz historian and saxophonist with a 20+ years of producing jazz radio programming.

Read "Abdullah Ibrahim, part II: recordings with Ekaya"

Abdullah Ibrahim, part II: recordings with Ekaya

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-11-13
Read "Chapter 13: Kudos And Coda"

Chapter 13: Kudos And Coda

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-11-06
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Read "Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa's Jazz Giant, part I: The early years"

Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa's Jazz Giant, part I: The early...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-11-06
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Read "Chapter 12: To be or not? That's the hassle"

Chapter 12: To be or not? That's the hassle

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-30
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Read "Chapter 11: The End Of The Beginning"

Chapter 11: The End Of The Beginning

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-23
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Read "South Africa's Legendary Jazz Musicians"

South Africa's Legendary Jazz Musicians

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-23
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Read "Chapter 10: That was the year Artie Shaw recorded Jingle bells"

Chapter 10: That was the year Artie Shaw recorded Jingle bells

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-16
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Read "South African Jazz, chapter 1: The Jazz Epistles, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba"

South African Jazz, chapter 1: The Jazz Epistles, Hugh Masekela...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-09
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Read "Chapter 9: The day Artie Shaw played Berezowksy at Bop City"

Chapter 9: The day Artie Shaw played Berezowksy at Bop City

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-09
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Read "Remembering Ray Brown and Lou Donaldson on their centennial"

Remembering Ray Brown and Lou Donaldson on their centennial

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-02
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Read "Chapter 8: Bombed in Guadalcanal, but big in Auckland"

Chapter 8: Bombed in Guadalcanal, but big in Auckland

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-10-02
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Read "Chapter 7: Take Five And See The World"

Chapter 7: Take Five And See The World

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-23
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Read "Chapter 6: Will the beguine ever end?"

Chapter 6: Will the beguine ever end?

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-18
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Read "Remembering Randy Weston on his centennial"

Remembering Randy Weston on his centennial

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-18
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Read "The John Coltrane Centennial, Part 4: Late Recordings Including A Love Supreme"

The John Coltrane Centennial, Part 4: Late Recordings Including...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-11
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Read "Chapter 5: Art Goes Artie"

Chapter 5: Art Goes Artie

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-11
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Read "Chapter 4: So, You Liked It Then?"

Chapter 4: So, You Liked It Then?

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-09-04
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Read "The John Coltrane Centennial, Part 3: Coltrane emerges as a leader"

The John Coltrane Centennial, Part 3: Coltrane emerges as a...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-29
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Read "Chapter 3: Manic in Manhattan"

Chapter 3: Manic in Manhattan

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-28
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Read "The John Coltrane Centennial, part 2: 1950s era recordings as a leader"

The John Coltrane Centennial, part 2: 1950s era recordings as a...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-21
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Read "Chapter 2: I Want To Be A Sideman"

Chapter 2: I Want To Be A Sideman

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-21
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Read "Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to Arthur Arshawsky?"

Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to Arthur Arshawsky?

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-14
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Read "The John Coltrane Centennial, part 1: Coltrane's early years with Miles and Monk"

The John Coltrane Centennial, part 1: Coltrane's early years...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-07
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Read "Sonny Rollins Tribute, part 2: After the Bridge"

Sonny Rollins Tribute, part 2: After the Bridge

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-07-24
Read "Sonny Rollins tribute, part 1: Sonny in the '50s"

Sonny Rollins tribute, part 1: Sonny in the '50s

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-07-17
Read "Miles the Composer Part 3: The second great quintet"

Miles the Composer Part 3: The second great quintet

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-07-03
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Read "Miles the Composer in the '50s: Jazz Musicians Play Miles, Part 2"

Miles the Composer in the '50s: Jazz Musicians Play Miles, Part...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-06-19
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Read "Miles the Composer: Jazz Musicians play Miles. Part 1: The early tunes"

Miles the Composer: Jazz Musicians play Miles. Part 1: The...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-06-12
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Read "Miles on Miles: Collaborations with Gil Evans & The 2nd Great Quintet"

Miles on Miles: Collaborations with Gil Evans & The 2nd Great...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-05-29
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Read "Miles on Miles: the first great quintet"

Miles on Miles: the first great quintet

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-05-22
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Read "Miles: The early years, with Miles narrating from his autobiography"

Miles: The early years, with Miles narrating from his...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-05-15
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Read "Musicians on Miles"

Musicians on Miles

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-05-08
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn: the Unknown Strayhorn"

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn: the Unknown Strayhorn

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-05-01
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part III: Such Sweet Thunder and The Far East Suite"

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part III: Such Sweet Thunder and...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-24
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part II: Lotus Blossom, Raincheck and some less well known tunes from the Strayhorn songbook."

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part II: Lotus Blossom,...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-17
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part I: Lush Life, Take the A Train and more"

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part I: Lush Life, Take the A...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-10
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Read "Plays Duke, Part III: More contemporary covers of Ellington's best loved tunes."

Plays Duke, Part III: More contemporary covers of Ellington's...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-03
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Read "Plays Duke, part II: Contemporary Covers of Ellingtonia from the Swing Era"

Plays Duke, part II: Contemporary Covers of Ellingtonia from...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-27
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Read "Plays Duke: Contemporary Covers of Early Ellington Classics"

Plays Duke: Contemporary Covers of Early Ellington Classics

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-20
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Read "The Symphonic Ellington"

The Symphonic Ellington

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-13
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Read "The Duke Ellington Collaborations"

The Duke Ellington Collaborations

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-06
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Read "Don Pullen: Forgotten genius of the piano"

Don Pullen: Forgotten genius of the piano

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-02-27
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Read "Band on Fire: The George Adams Don Pullen Quartet"

Band on Fire: The George Adams Don Pullen Quartet

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-02-21
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Read "Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev"

Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Stravinsky,...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-02-13
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Read "Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Borodin"

Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Tchaikovsky,...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-02-06
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of Ravel and Faure"

Jazz Interpretations of Ravel and Faure

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-30
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of the French Impressionist Musical Revolutionaries Erik Satie and Claude Debussy"

Jazz Interpretations of the French Impressionist Musical...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-23
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Read "With Words, Without Words: The Art of Vocalese"

With Words, Without Words: The Art of Vocalese

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-16
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Read "Remembrance 2025, part II: Gordon Goodwin, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette, Hal Galper & Ray Drummond"

Remembrance 2025, part II: Gordon Goodwin, Al Foster, Jack...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-09
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Read "Remembrance 2025: Jim McNeely, Chuck Mangione, Andy Bey, Eddie Palmieri and Hermeto Pascoal"

Remembrance 2025: Jim McNeely, Chuck Mangione, Andy Bey, Eddie...

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-02
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Read "The Birth of Bossa Nova"

The Birth of Bossa Nova

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-02-21
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Read "Chick Corea: A Retrospective"

Chick Corea: A Retrospective

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-05-02
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Read "The Duke Ellington Collaborations"

The Duke Ellington Collaborations

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-06
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Read "Jazz In Brazil: the legendary composers and musicians"

Jazz In Brazil: the legendary composers and musicians

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-03-14
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Read "Slam Stewart and Eddie Durham: Forgotten Innovators"

Slam Stewart and Eddie Durham: Forgotten Innovators

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-05-09
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Read "The Mysterious Disappearance of Dupree Bolton and Baby Face Willette"

The Mysterious Disappearance of Dupree Bolton and Baby Face Willette

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-05-23
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Read "Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to Arthur Arshawsky?"

Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to Arthur Arshawsky?

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-08-14
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Read "Plays Duke: Contemporary Covers of Early Ellington Classics"

Plays Duke: Contemporary Covers of Early Ellington Classics

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-20
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Read "The Brazilians Cover Bossa Nova"

The Brazilians Cover Bossa Nova

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-02-28
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Read "The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, Part 1"

The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, Part 1

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-06-13
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Read "Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part II"

Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part II

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-02-07
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Read "Jazz Interpretations Of The Film Music Of Henry Mancini, Part 2"

Jazz Interpretations Of The Film Music Of Henry Mancini, Part 2

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-06-06
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Read "American jazz embraces bossa nova"

American jazz embraces bossa nova

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-03-07
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Read "Forgotten Jazz Musicians On Their Centennial, Part 2:"

Forgotten Jazz Musicians On Their Centennial, Part 2:

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-08-08
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Read "The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, Part 1"

The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, Part 1

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-03-21
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Read "The Music of Carla Bley, part 2; Small and Large Ensemble Recordings"

The Music of Carla Bley, part 2; Small and Large Ensemble Recordings

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-04-11
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Read "Remembering Gigi Gryce"

Remembering Gigi Gryce

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-07-25
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Read "Herschel Evans and Chu Berry: the short careers of two tenor masters of the swing era"

Herschel Evans and Chu Berry: the short careers of two tenor masters of the swing era

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-05-16
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Read "The Music of Carla Bley: Late Carla, Part 4"

The Music of Carla Bley: Late Carla, Part 4

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-04-25
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Read "Interpreting the music of Carla Bley, Part 3"

Interpreting the music of Carla Bley, Part 3

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-04-18
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Read "The Music of Carla Bley, Part 1: The Early Years"

The Music of Carla Bley, Part 1: The Early Years

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-04-04
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Read "Celebrating Art Pepper, Al Cohn and Marty Paich on their centennial."

Celebrating Art Pepper, Al Cohn and Marty Paich on their centennial.

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-08-15
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Read "With Words, Without Words: The Art of Vocalese"

With Words, Without Words: The Art of Vocalese

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-16
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of the French Impressionist Musical Revolutionaries Erik Satie and Claude Debussy"

Jazz Interpretations of the French Impressionist Musical Revolutionaries Erik Satie and Claude Debussy

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-23
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Read "The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, part 2"

The Music of Hoagy Carmichael, part 2

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-06-20
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part I: Lush Life, Take the A Train and more"

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part I: Lush Life, Take the A Train and more

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-10
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Read "Plays Duke, part II: Contemporary Covers of Ellingtonia from the Swing Era"

Plays Duke, part II: Contemporary Covers of Ellingtonia from the Swing Era

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-03-27
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Read "Final Recordings of Swing Era Masters: Mary Lou Williams, Artie Shaw, Django Reinhardt and more"

Final Recordings of Swing Era Masters: Mary Lou Williams, Artie Shaw, Django Reinhardt and more

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-08-22
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Read "The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, part 2"

The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, part 2

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-03-22
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Read "Improvising the Classics: Chopin Jazz"

Improvising the Classics: Chopin Jazz

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-12-19
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Read "Interpreting the Lennon/ McCartney Songbook: Part 2, Rubber Soul and Revolver"

Interpreting the Lennon/ McCartney Songbook: Part 2, Rubber Soul and Revolver

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-07-04
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern"

Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-01-28
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Read "Final Recordings of Jazz Masters of the 1950s and '60s"

Final Recordings of Jazz Masters of the 1950s and '60s

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-09-19
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of the film music of Henry Mancini, Part 1"

Jazz Interpretations of the film music of Henry Mancini, Part 1

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-05-30
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Read "The Jazz Sides of Nat King Cole, Part 3: Recordings with Jazz Greats"

The Jazz Sides of Nat King Cole, Part 3: Recordings with Jazz Greats

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-03-28
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Read "Interpreting The Lennon/Mccartney Songbook: Part 1, Early Songs"

Interpreting The Lennon/Mccartney Songbook: Part 1, Early Songs

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-06-27
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Read "Jazz Interpretations of Ravel and Faure"

Jazz Interpretations of Ravel and Faure

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-01-30
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Read "Don Pullen: Forgotten genius of the piano"

Don Pullen: Forgotten genius of the piano

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-02-27
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Read "Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part III"

Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part III

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-02-14
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Read "Forgotten Saxophonists on their Centennial: Harold Ashby, Leo Parker, Sahib Shihab & Dave Pell"

Forgotten Saxophonists on their Centennial: Harold Ashby, Leo Parker, Sahib Shihab & Dave Pell

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-08-01
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Read "Last recordings of jazz greats in the 21st century"

Last recordings of jazz greats in the 21st century

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-09-26
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Read "Lost and Found, part 3: Rare recordings of Ellington, Ben Webster, Art Tatum and Gil Evans"

Lost and Found, part 3: Rare recordings of Ellington, Ben Webster, Art Tatum and Gil Evans

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-10-17
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Read "Celebrating A Century Of Charlie Parker, Part 1"

Celebrating A Century Of Charlie Parker, Part 1

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-11-14
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Read "Lost and Found, Part 4: James P. Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Lennie Tristano & Hasaan Ibn Ali"

Lost and Found, Part 4: James P. Johnson, Ella Fitzgerald, Lennie Tristano & Hasaan Ibn Ali

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-10-31
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Read "Guy Klucevsek And The Accordion Renaissance"

Guy Klucevsek And The Accordion Renaissance

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-11-07
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Read "Improvising the Classics: Interpreting Mozart"

Improvising the Classics: Interpreting Mozart

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-12-12
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Read "Interpreting the Lennon / McCartney Songbook, part 4: Abbey Road & Let It Be"

Interpreting the Lennon / McCartney Songbook, part 4: Abbey Road & Let It Be

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-07-18
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Read "The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part III: Such Sweet Thunder and The Far East Suite"

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn, part III: Such Sweet Thunder and The Far East Suite

Radio & Podcasts | 2026-04-24
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Read "Lost and Found, Part 2: Historic Jazz Recordings from the Swing Era"

Lost and Found, Part 2: Historic Jazz Recordings from the Swing Era

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-10-10
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Read "Interpreting the Lennon/McCartney Songbook, Part 3: Sgt. Pepper"

Interpreting the Lennon/McCartney Songbook, Part 3: Sgt. Pepper

Radio & Podcasts | 2025-07-11
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